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Indians in Kenya: The Politics of Diaspora (Harvard Historical Studies)

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Description for Indians in Kenya: The Politics of Diaspora (Harvard Historical Studies) Hardcover. Sana Aiyar chronicles the strategies by which Indians sought a political voice in Kenya, from the beginning of colonial rule to independence. She examines how the strands of Indians' diasporic identity influenced Kenya's leadership--from partnering with Europeans to colonize East Africa, to collaborating with Africans to battle racial inequality. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1HFGK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 684.

Working as merchants, skilled tradesmen, clerks, lawyers, and journalists, Indians formed the economic and administrative middle class in colonial Kenya. In general, they were wealthier than Africans, but were denied the political and economic privileges that Europeans enjoyed. Moreover, despite their relative prosperity, Indians were precariously positioned in Kenya. Africans usually viewed them as outsiders, and Europeans largely considered them subservient. Indians demanded recognition on their own terms. Indians in Kenya chronicles the competing, often contradictory, strategies by which the South Asian diaspora sought a political voice in Kenya from the beginning of colonial rule in the late 1890s to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674289888
SKU
V9780674289888
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About Sana Aiyar
Sana Aiyar is Assistant Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Reviews for Indians in Kenya: The Politics of Diaspora (Harvard Historical Studies)
All chapters come alive not merely with interesting facts but with a wealth of details about the key players, their backgrounds, achievements, trials and tribulations. The extensive archival consultations by the author in three continents and her professionalism as a historian and historiographer stand out. The copious, chapter-wise notes constitute invaluable reference material… Sana Aiyar’s is a fair and empathetic ... Read more

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